PARENT NIGHT

E-CIGARETTE RESOURCES

GENERAL ARTICLES
VOX www.vox.com
Many articles and videos. Once on the site, use the “search” function and enter “Vape, Juul, e-cigarette”

NBC News
“Why Juuling has Become a Nightmare for School Administrators”

New York Times
Numerous articles. https://www.nytimes.com
Get on their site and use the “search” function. Search under Juul, vaping and e-cigarettes.

WEBSITES
Data, statistics, education, how to keep teens from starting, how to talk to them if you discover they are vaping, and how to quit ( e-cigarettes not well researched at this time). When you get on these sites, use the “search” function and enter “e-cigarettes, vaping, Juul.”

A NOTE FROM MR. U. CONTRA COSTA COUNTY NATIONAL HISTORY DAY

PARENT NIGHT

TEACHER APPRECIATION LUNCHEON

BASEBALL TRYOUTS

on Castro Field
Friday March 8th at 3:00 PM.
Be there!

Korematsu Girl’s Softball Meeting

Hi Potential Korematsu Softball Parents-

I have just learned that the moons and the stars have aligned making it possible to have a Korematsu softball team. I am planning to have a meeting this coming Thursday, March 7th at 3:00 p.m. at Castro Field. If your daughter is interested in playing but cannot attend the first meeting, please email me at usflawboy@yahoo.com. If you know of anyone else who would want to play, please forward this email to them. For those of you who are playing softball with ABGSL, you can do this also as practice and games would typically occur before 5:30.

Thursday, March 7th @ 3:00 p.m.
Castro Field

Please have your player come if they are interested in playing. If you cannot come to this meeting, please email me (Guy Fong) at usflawboy@yahoo.com to let me know that you’re daughter is interested in playing.

IN-CLASS VOLUNTEERS WANTED

Ms. Pulley is looking for a couple of extra set of hands in her classes, particularly after lunch.
If you are available, and are interested in assisting in class, please reach out to her directly.adriana.pulley@wccusd.net

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2019 WCCUSD STEM FAIR WINNERS!

Take the Youth Truth Family Survey

This is an opportunity to provide honest feedback to improve your school.

PARENTS AND GUARDIANS……TAKE THE SURVEY!

This survey should take no more than 15 minutes. The questions ask you to indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with statements on a scale of 1 to 5. There will also be an opportunity for you to share any open-ended comments.

If you write any comments, please don’t include your name or anything else that might identify you. Your responses are anonymous, and they will be combined with the responses of other parents and guardians before being shared with school and district leadership.

Parents and guardians, please join Tanise Smith for our Parent University classes. The curriculum is based upon the California State PTA’s wildly popular and research and data-driven “School Smarts.” This is an opportunity for you to learn how the school system works, and how you can best support your child. Even those of you that think you know will come away with new knowledge. And knowledge empowers us!

PTSA SEARCH

It’s that time of the year. We’re looking for new officers for next year.
We have plenty of opportunities to participate.

You’ll meet your child’s classmate and
make a real difference here on campus.

JAZZGIRLS DAY 2019

The 8th Annual Berkeley JazzGirls Day is on Saturday, March 2, 2019,
1-5 p.m. (registration opens at 12:30 p.m.) at Berkeley High’s
Community Theatre. Elementary and middle school girl musicians ages
10-14 who play or sing jazz—or are thinking about trying it out—are
invited to join professional female jazz musicians and educators for
the afternoon. Activities include master classes, and jam sessions.
Female high school jazzistas from the Berkeley High jazz program serve
as mentors and volunteers.

Berkeley JazzGirls Day is FREE and open to ALL girls who sing or play
an instrument. No pre-registration is required. Just come with your
instrument! (JazzGirls do not need to be enrolled in Berkeley
schools.)

Parents and guardians, please join Tanise Smith for our Parent University classes. The curriculum is based upon the California State PTA’s wildly popular and research and data-driven “School Smarts.” This is an opportunity for you to learn how the school system works, and how you can best support your child. Even those of you that think you know will come away with new knowledge. And knowledge empowers us!

PTSA SEARCH

It’s that time of the year. We’re looking for new officers for next year.
We have plenty of opportunities to participate.

Many thanks to Elaine Addison for recruiting several of the volunteer judges, including 5 scientists and engineers from the Contra Costa Health Services, Hazardous Materials Programs. We owe a special thank you to Mr. Kunz for running the fair every year, for providing his room and for much sound advice.
Finally, thank you to Mr. Burnham for his support of the Science Fair, including the logistics of Science Fair Night. We are looking for someone to be the PTSA Science Fair chair next year. If you are interested or have questions about this task, please email Marit at: moieroset@yahoo.com.

Crystal Nie and Marit Oieroset
Korematsu Science Fair co-chairs

TAKE THE YOUTH TRUTH FAMILY SURVEY

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK!

Families! Take the Youth Truth Survey, and please promote the survey with your friends, families, and colleagues that have students in the District.http://bit.ly/YouthTruthWCC

IN-CLASS VOLUNTEERS WANTED

Ms. Pulley is looking for a couple of extra set of hands in her classes, particularly after lunch.
If you are available, and are interested in assisting in class, please reach out to her directly.adriana.pulley@wccusd.net

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH NIGHT AT UC BERKELEY

JAZZGIRLS DAY 2019

The 8th Annual Berkeley JazzGirls Day is on Saturday, March 2, 2019,
1-5 p.m. (registration opens at 12:30 p.m.) at Berkeley High’s
Community Theatre. Elementary and middle school girl musicians ages
10-14 who play or sing jazz—or are thinking about trying it out—are
invited to join professional female jazz musicians and educators for
the afternoon. Activities include master classes, and jam sessions.
Female high school jazzistas from the Berkeley High jazz program serve
as mentors and volunteers.

Berkeley JazzGirls Day is FREE and open to ALL girls who sing or play
an instrument. No pre-registration is required. Just come with your
instrument! (JazzGirls do not need to be enrolled in Berkeley
schools.)

THANK YOU

It really does take a village!

Thank you to all that played a role in Celebrate Korematsu. Whether you set up, broke down, cooked, cleaned, donated an item, solicited an item, transported equipment, watched kids in between sets, sold tickets, listened to the kids while they practiced, and more, we thank you deeply. This truly is a community effort, and we deeply appreciate your efforts.
Right now, unofficial results put us at $20,000 gross. We’ll report again when we have it all accounted for. THANK YOU AGAIN!!

Take our Celebrate Korematsu Survey

CELEBRATE KOREMATSU ITEM PICK-UP

The next pick up date for items is Friday, February 8th from 2:30-4:30pm at Korematsu Middle School in the Parent Room across from the office (Building A, First Floor). Walk through the orange gates and turn left.

Parents and guardians, please join Tanise Smith for our Parent University classes. The curriculum is based upon the California State PTA’s wildly popular and research and data-driven “School Smarts.” This is an opportunity for you to learn how the school system works, and how you can best support your child. Even those of you that think you know will come away with new knowledge. And knowledge empowers us!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS!

Special Congratulations to those of you moving on to the WCCUSD Science Fair.
WCCUSD SCIENCE FAIR AT EL CERRITO
Judging February 12th
Awards February 14th, El Cerrito High

SCIENCE FAIR THANK YOU’S

Thanks to our science fair chairs Marit Oieroset and Crystal Nie and all the volunteers that collected, judged, set and cleaned up. But wait, there’s more! We now move on to the WCCUSD SCIENCE FAIR AT EL CERRITO HIGH. Judging February 12th and Awards February 14th. Good luck to our students moving on.

THANK YOU TO ACS!

Thanks to ACS and all from Chevron and CAL that came out to host our Science Night.
It was an amazing event, and we hope its the beginning of a collaborative partnership! Check out the pictures on our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/KorematsuMiddleSchoolPTSA/

ATTENDING ECHS?

PIZZA TIME!!

The Deca Club will be selling Pizza every Wednesday in the month of February to fundraise for Cancer Awareness Month?
The sale will be from 1:25 to 1:45 every Wednesday in the month of February.

UC BERKELEY’S GIRL ENGINEERING SUMMER CAMPS

Girls from Korematsu are invited to apply to UC Berkeley’s Girls in Engineering summer camps! All Bay Area girls who are currently in 5th, 6th, or 7th grade can apply to our camps. (Flyer is attached.) For more information, please visit our website: http://girlsinengineering.berkeley.edu/

While there is a fee for our camps, camp is free for families who demonstrate financial need (by qualifying for free or reduced price lunch, CalFresh, or Medi-Cal). No scholarship application is required.